Swimming & Diving Concludes ECACs with A number of Podium Finishes

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The University of Pennsylvania swimming and diving groups completed up competitors at ECAC Championships over the weekend at Bucknell University’s Kinney Natatorium.
 
The girls took fourth place total with 364.5 factors, whereas the boys positioned third with 379.5 factors.
 
Individually, Lily Zhang introduced residence a pair of ECAC titles in each the 200 fly and 200 freestyle, whereas the 800 free relay crew of Olivia Safarikova, Caroline Cancelmo, Maggie Straley and Zhang took first place. Zhang additionally notched third within the 500 free.

Charlotte Holliday, Safarikova and Straley additionally claimed titles with first place finishes within the 100 again (54.75), 200 again (1:58.10) and 1650 freestyle (16:48.52).

Silver medals have been doled out to Cancelmo and Safarikova for his or her finishes within the 500 freestyle (4:54.16) and 200 IM (2:03.12). The Quakers’ 400 medley relay squad of Holliday, Hannah Pecze, Zhang and Safarikova additionally took residence second (3:45.56). Holliday and Cancelmo rounded out Penn’s silver medals within the 200 again (1:59.62) and 200 fly (2:05.67).

 

On the boys’s aspect, Jack Handelman completed first place (283.20) within the three-meter dive, adopted by a second-place consequence (271.55) for Victor Dang. The pairing additionally snatched second (Handelman; 253.70) and fourth place (Dang; 237.35) finishes within the one-meter dive. Penn’s 400 free relay crew of Truman Armstrong, Vincent Vinciguerra, Kevin Jiang and Ryan McGuirk swam a time of two:58.28 to earn a gold medal as nicely.

The 200 free relay crew of Armstrong, McGuirk, Vinciguerra and Jiang secured third place (1:20.93) for the Red and Blue, whereas the 400-medley relay group of Armstrong, Colin Zhang, McGuirk and Jiang additionally notched a bronze medal (3:18.65).

Zhang and Neo Matsuyama earned 33 factors for the Quakers with second (2:00.54) and third place (2:01.16) finishes within the 200 breast. Andy Zhou and McGuirk adopted with third place honors within the 1650 free (15:38.61) and 200 free (1:37.94).

 

Quaker Notemeal

*Zhang grew to become the newest Quaker to win an ECAC championship, doing so in each the 200 fly (1:59.87) and 200 free (1:48.98). She eclipsed Bucknell’s Virginia Hastings by lower than two tenths of a second within the 200 free. Cancelmo went on to take second (2:05.67) within the 200 fly.

 

*Penn earned second, third and fourth place finishes within the 500 free via Cancelmo (4:54.16), Zhang (4:54.50) and Straley (4:57.25).

 

*The 800 free relay crew of Safarikova, Cancelmo, Straley, and Zhang positioned first with a time of seven:25.29.

*Safarikova and Holliday paced the competitors within the 200 again to take residence first and second place with occasions of 1:58.10 and 1:59.62. The duo additionally completed in second (Safarikova; 2:03.12) and fourth (Holliday; 2:03.68) within the 200 IM, respectively.  

 *On the boys’s aspect, the 200 free relay crew of Armstrong, McGuirk, Vinciguerra and Jiang swam a time of 1:20.93 to earn the bronze medal.

*The Red and Blue positioned first within the 400 free relay with a time of two:58.28 due to Armstrong, Vinciguerra, Jiang and McGuirk.

*Handelman (283.20) and Dang (271.55) topped the competitors to earn gold and silver medals within the three-meter dive.

*Zhou completed the 1650 free with a time of 15:38.61 to say third place.

*Armstrong, Zhang, McGuirk and Jiang swam a time of three:18.65 to complete third within the 400 medley relay.

 

*McGuirk logged a time of 1:37.94 to take residence bronze within the 200 freestyle.

 

Up Next

Penn will ship divers to NCAA Zone Diving Championships subsequent week from March 11 to March 13 at Navy.

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